OpenSUSE 10.3 is available now

Oct 8, 2007

Novell has announced the availability of openSUSE 10.3, the newest version of the award-winning community Linux distribution. Available for free download or in a convenient packaged retail edition, openSUSE 10.3 provides everything a user needs to get started with Linux. To improve the user experience, openSUSE 10.3 includes a flexible Linux-Windows dual-boot configuration, improved user interface, Microsoft Office file

compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, and enhanced multimedia support."The openSUSE community continues to deliver innovations and has created a new version of openSUSE that will excite a wide range of computer users," says Andreas Jaeger, director of the openSUSE project. "OpenSUSE 10.3 provides a stable and state-of-the-art operating system based on Linux kernel 2.6.22, and it contains a large variety of the latest open source applications for desktops, servers and application development."Enhancements to openSUSE 10.3 include the newest versions of the GNOME and KDE desktop environments, including a KDE 4 preview. OpenOffice.org 2.3 makes sharing files with Microsoft Office users easy, and the newest version of AppArmor protects the Linux operating system and applications from attacks, viruses and malicious applications.OpenSUSE 10.3 also now includes MP3 support out of the box for Banshee and Amarok, which are the default media players in openSUSE.In addition, openSUSE 10.3 offers the latest open source applications for developing applications, setting up a home network and running a Web server, as well as the latest virtualisation software such as Xen 3.1 and VirtualBox 1.5.Version 10.3 makes openSUSE the first Linux distribution to take full advantage of the "1-Click Install" option, which gives openSUSE 10.3 users easy access to many more software packages residing on the openSUSE Build Service. Contributed by a single openSUSE community member, the one-click install is an example of the value openSUSE's strong community of developers, testers, writers, translators, artists and users bring to the distribution.OpenSUSE 10.3 was created by the openSUSE project, the community initiative sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The openSUSE project has more than 54,000 registered members.OpenSUSE 10.3 is available for free download at www.opensuse.org.